A shakudo fuchi-gashira
Nara School, late 18th/early 19th century
Bearing a nanako ground and inlaid with three butterflies in iroe takazogan, signed Zeraku with kao.
Sold for £840 (€989) inc. premium
Footnotes
縁頭　蝶　銘「是楽（花押）」　18世紀後期/19世紀前期

Provenance: Ambrose Lee collection.
Blockley collection.
Bradford collection, purchased at Glendining & Co., London, 1962.

For the maker, Nara Shokan, see Haynes, Index, no.H 08743. He was a student of Nara Masachika and adopted the name Zeraku in his later years.